Gay 90s Club Keeps Amarillo Dances Alive Since 1940
In Amarillo WPA era clubs keep old time square and round dancing vibrant. The Gay 90s Club plus Heel and Toe Swing and S h r i ne Club meet twice monthly at small cost with 45 couples, led by Cecil Hefley. Dues are $2 per couple monthly and Paul Jones events mix the crowd for new connections.
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Cal Brumle
WPA
Amarillo
Shrine Club
Paul Jones
Taylor
John Snider
Boone Moreland
John Morris
Cecil Hefley
Fire Damages House on Travis and Two Minor Blazes
Firefighters answered three alarms yesterday. A house at 910 Travis was partially destroyed in a blaze reported at 1 22. A grass fire at 2400 Polk was extinguished in the afternoon and a burning fence at 1011 Fillmore was put out at 9 15.
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Travis
Polk
Fillmore
Mines smash Moscow ice in peacetime river work
Moscow reports anti tank mines used to break up ice on the Moscow River as spring breakup looms. The operation is described as a peacetime use of the devices with gifts and stationery from Russell Stationery Co.
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Moscow
Russia
Oil secrets via atomic age theory proposed by MIT chemists
A MIT group proposed that crude oil forms from radioactive transformation of organic matter under earth interior bombardment. If valid the idea could revolutionize oil prospecting using radioactivity detectors and possibly produce synthetic fuels in atomic energy plants.
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Atlantic City
American Chemical Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chemical Society
Irving A. Breger
Charles W. Sheppard
Virginia Burton
The
Oil Formation Theory in Earth and Texas Deposits
The article outlines a background problem and ongoing research into how petroleum forms. It notes the accepted theory that oil originates from plant and animal remains buried on the ocean floor under mud and sand, with Texas and Oklahoma rich deposits cited as examples.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Atomic Science May Open Door to Huge Oil Deposits
MIT researchers and the American Petroleum Institute report that radioactivity in earth minerals might convert buried organic matter into crude oil over millions of years. Experiments using radium decay and cyclotron bombardment transformed fatty acids from ocean muds into compounds abundant in natural petroleum.
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American Petroleum Institute
Cyclotron
Truman Set For Sidelines? Southern speaker claims 1948 bid off
Clark Foreman of Atlanta at a three day Win the Peace meeting said President Truman’s Chicago poll tax remark signals a reversal of policy and likely withdrawal from the 1948 race. He noted pending poll tax repeal bills in Congress and argued Truman can’t get his programs through with poll tax supporters in control.
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Washington
Truman
Chicago
Clark Foreman
Atlanta
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House
Senate
Pepper
Florida
Foreman
Congress
President Closes Year of Rebuffs
Washington April 7 President Truman ends his first year as chief executive amid a record of repeated Congress rebuffs since 1945. He proposed over 25 major measures with only ten approved and half passed as asked while the rest were sharply revised.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Roosevelt
UNRRA
United Nations
Bretton Woods
Atomicenergy Commission
Armed Forces
FEPC
Bradley Urges College Boom
Gen Omar N Bradley head of the Veterans Administration urged colleges to expand to accommodate veterans saying that is the only solution. He said expansion depends on graduates supporting current drives. He estimated 750000 will seek a college education next fall with more than 200000 already attending.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Bradley
Former Pal Slugs New York Senator
Edward D. O'Dea, 59, once a partner of U S Senator James M Mead, was charged with disorderly conduct after an affray in a hotel lobby that left Mead with a cut lip and a lost tooth, though later reports varied. O'Dea, released on $500 bond, had been associated with Mead in an Buffalo electrical appliance business.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edward D. O'Dea
U. S
James M. Mead
New York
Mead
Eleanor Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Erie County Democratic Committee
John Green
O'Dea
James L. Carroll
Mrs. Roosevelt
W. M. Coyne
Oscar H. Dabritz
O’dea
Roosevelt House At Hyde Park Becomes National Shrine
Roosevelt birthplace mansion at Hyde Park New York and the rose garden burial site will become a national shrine on Friday. Interior Department restors prepared the house to its 1940 appearance with items catalogued and rooms roped off for visitors. Only 700 invited guests will tour the house while the public can visit the library, and the ceremony will be broadcast in 25 languages by NBC ABC and CBS.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
Department of Interior
George A. Palmer
Interior
J. A. Krug
Washington
NBC
ABC
CBS
GOP Questions on Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Decision
The Senate Pearl Harbor committee resumes hearings to learn what action President Roosevelt took after intercepts, as Adm Beardall and Adm Stark are questioned. Schulz testified Roosevelt said war seemed certain after reading the messages. Stark recalls no memory of Dec 6 events or the messages shown.
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White House
Senate House
Roosevelt
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
George C. Marshall
Army
Ferguson
Schulz
Lester S. Schulz
Stark
Beardall
Cordell Hull
Pearl Harbor
Soviet Says Case Should Stay Closed Over Iran Oil Plan
Gromyko sent a letter to Secretary General Lie arguing that a Russia Iran oil venture and Azerbaijan autonomy talks remove the need to reexamine Iran on May 6 when Red Army withdrawal ends. The move signals Kremlin effort to steer Security Council attention away from Iran as U.S. and others respond.
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Hussein Ala
New York Harbor
Ala
Washington
United Nations
Gromykov
Russia
Iran
Azerbaijan
Red Army
Britain readies against Poland at UN on Spanish question
Britain and the United States aligned against Poland's move to bring the Spanish question to the Security Council unless Poland reveals new information about the France regime. In Japan, violence followed election campaigns as police and crowds clashed, with Shidehara's cabinet facing pressure from Communists and Socialists.
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Great Britain
Poland
United Nations Security Council
France
Council
Shidehara
Leaders urge extended price controls to curb inflation
Five top federal agency heads urged quick renewal of price ceilings and subsidies under the Second War Powers Act to avoid an illusion of control. They warn delays create uncertainty and aim to have final action by May 15, saying only rent controls and few fields would remain by June 30, 1947 if extended.
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Washington
Congress
Chester Bowles
Agriculture Anderson
OPA
Paul Porter
John D. Small
W. Willard Wirtz
Oil Deal Gives Russia Control for 25 Years
Premier Ahmed Qavam said Russia would hold 51 percent of shares in the proposed Soviet Iranian Oil Company for the first 25 years, with control shifting later per the 50 year plan. Ettelaat cited Persia 49 percent early, Moscow radio claimed equal 50-50 in the second half.
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Russia
Tehran
Ahmed Qavam
Qavam
Persia
Ettelaat
Moscow Radio
London
Iran
Frills Return as CPA Lifts Clothing Restrictions
Washington April 7 The Civilian Production Administration lifts limits on clothing frills for women removing ban on double cuffs pocket flaps and belts. It revokes the shorty coat prohibition allowing sale of thousands of coats about 25 inches long while 33 inch fashions had constrained lengths to conserve cloth.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Builders' Loan Plan Restored for Small Homes
The government revives a prewar title 1 class 3 loan insurance to spur private builders in low cost housing. FHA says the plan targets homes in the 3000 to 3500 dollar range and can help veterans at monthly costs from 25 dollars including all charges. The maximum loan remains 95 percent of FHA valuation up to 3000 dollars.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
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